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Donna is an enthusiastic Penn State football fan. Like many other rabid Penn State fans, she parks herself in front of the television any time the Nittany Lions play. I am a casual observer and do not obsess over the Lions' exploits. Even so, like many of Penn State's fans, I have a favorite season. Mine is the 1994 season when Penn State went undefeated, was ranked Number Two in the country and probably should have been ranked Number One, and ended the campaign with a 38-20 victory over Oregon...
The Lady Dragon Volleyball faced the Northern Bedford Lady Panthers and the Southern Huntingdon Lady Rockets in the last week of the season. A 3-1 victory over the Panthers and a 3-0 victory over the Rockets propelled the Dragons’ record to 7-14, which will not allow them to advance into the playoffs. After coming up short in the first set against the Panthers, losing 25-20, the Dragons swept in the next three sets to pull out the win with scores of 25-19, 25-21, and 25-23 in the second, third, and fourth sets respectively. Alex Klotz led with...
Central Freshman Lanee Berkhimer (center) placed first in the D6 Cross Country Championship. The meet took place on Oct. 29....
The Lady Dragons' impenetrable defense led them to their 4-0 victory over the Cambria Heights Lady Highlanders in the District Six AA playoff opener. A coordinated balance between the Dragons' offense and defense provided the perfect storm for the Dragons to seize victory. After some offensive back-and-forth, a stop from the Dragons' back line led to a shot up field from Jenna Smith to Carlie Hart, who advanced on the goal and assisted Katie Ritchey in the Dragon's opening goal. The score...
The Central Dragon Football team faced the Somerset Golden Eagles in week ten of the regular season. An unsurpassed air attack left the Dragons in complete control of the game, attaining a 47-14 victory for Senior Night. The Dragons received the kickoff to start the game, and within the very first minute, Jeff Hoenstine threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Shalen Yingling to give the Dragons an early lead. After a defensive stop, the Dragons pushed up field once again to score with a three-yard...
The seniors on this year’s Central High School football team go into playoffs with almost a full season’s worth of games in the “second season” under their belts. The Scarlet Dragons have played nine postseason games over the previous three years, winning back-to-back District 6 championships in 2020 and 2021. “We have been there before and we have an idea of what we want to accomplish,” Dragons coach Dave Baker said. “We want to win a third and we see that as a possibility. Other teams, I’m not sure how they see it. Some of their players m...
High school sports isn’t all about winning. Sometimes, there are bigger lessons that only hardship can teach. That’s not lost on members of this season’s Hollidaysburg Area High School football team. “Ultimately, we learned that life’s not always going to go your way, but you’ve still got to come back the next day and keep going,” Golden Tiger senior Tucker Rossman said. Next month, most of the Cove area’s football teams will be in the playoffs. However, Friday night’s game in DuBois will be the last this season for the Tigers. Even if H...
Central Dragon Football advanced its winning streak to six with a homecoming night victory. A dogfight brawl from the Dragons' defense and an unstoppable offense gave a 44-23 victory over the Westmont Hilltoppers. The Dragons' defense came up with a stop early in the first quarter after the Hilltoppers received the opening kickoff. The Dragons pushed downfield to take an early lead from a scoring four-yard reception by Eli Lingenfelter. The Dragons gave up one touchdown to the Hilltoppers soon...
Northern Bedford clinched another win, keeping its record perfect at 8-0 and earning the ICC Champion title. The Panthers defeated the Juniata Valley Hornets 21-3. (Left) Northern Bedford's Adam Johnson gets a block from teammate Ashton Detterline on Juniata Valley's Lambert Palmer Friday (Right) Northern Bedford's Aaron Bowers brings down Juniata Valley's Jacob Rodkey....
The excitement of turkey hunting doesn’t have to wait for spring. Pennsylvania’s fall turkey season, an annual opportunity to pursue the state’s only big-game bird among the changing colors of the autumn woods, kicks off Saturday, Oct. 29 in 19 of Pennsylvania’s 23 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs.) WMUs that include Bedford and Blair counties have the following season lengths: WMUs 4A and 4D – Oct. 29-Nov. 5; WMU 2C – Oct. 29-Nov. 12 and Nov. 23-25. Hunters are advised the three-day Thanksgiving season again will run Wednesday, Thursday an...
Juniata Valley is one of three Cove-area teams that will continue the high school football season after this week. The Green Hornets already have clinched a spot in the District 6 Class 1A playoffs, where they finished runner-up to eventual PIAA champion Bishop Guilfoyle last year. That doesn't mean the Hornets' home game with Mount Union on Friday is any less important. In fact, it might have upped the stakes for the team comprised of Juniata Valley and Williamsburg players. "It means a good bi...
My son, Bob, and I didn’t hunt together on last fall’s turkey opener because I was put off by a forecast of rain. However, when I rose, it wasn’t raining; so I drove to one of my favorite turkey-hunting spots and hunted till a little after 10 when it began to rain. I went home. The rain ended by mid-afternoon. I drove to another ridge and hadn’t walked far when there they were: a large flock in the open woods. I backed against a tree and began to call. If my son or our friend “Scout” were calling, at least one or two of the birds would have...
Three WHS girls' volleyball seniors were honored last Wednesday during Senior Night festivities. Shown are Ruth Eger (kneeling); and Alexia Brumbaugh (left) and Abbie Merritts....
An infamous yearly game against the Bedford Bisons always ends in a spectacular fashion for the Dragon Football team. This year was no exception, with a game that came down to the wire ending with a 38-35 victory for the Dragons. Within the first quarter, a lot of back and forth of offensive possession left both teams scoreless. The Dragons gave up one touchdown to the Bisons, before completing a drive that ended with a four-yard touchdown reception by Shalen Yingling. After the Bisons had another scoring drive, the Dragons capped the half by...
The Central Dragon Soccer team faced the Central Cambria Red Devils and the Bedford Bisons during the week. The Dragons were narrowly defeated by the Red Devils, dropping a 2-1 loss, while soon after being crushed by the Bisons in a 7-1 defeat. Against the Red Devils, the Dragons quickly dropped a goal in the first half to be in a deficit from the start. The Dragons gave up another goal shortly into the second half as well. The Dragons nearly made a late-game comeback with an unassisted goal scored by Avery Campbell at 79:13, but the Dragons...
The Lady Dragon Soccer team faced three opponents throughout the week, including who is likely to be their most difficult challenge of the regular season, the Bedford Lady Bisons. As a precursor to the Lady Bisons, the Lady Dragons faced the Central Cambria Lady Red Devils as well as the Forest Hills Lady Rangers. The Lady Dragons found victory in all their matches throughout the week, topping the Lady Red Devils 5-0, the Lady Rangers 2-0, and the Lady Bisons 1-0. Against the Lady Red Devils,...
The Lady Dragon Volleyball team was defeated by three tough opponents throughout the week. The Lady Dragons took losses to the Chestnut Ridge Lady Lions, the Westmont Hilltop Lady Hilltoppers, and the Central Cambria Lady Red Devils. Starting off the week, the Lady Dragons dropped a 3-1 loss to the Lady Lions. After winning the first set 29-27, the Lady Dragons were defeated in the next three sets with scores of 25-19, 25-17 and 25-22. Alex Klotz had 22 good serve receptions and 23 good digs. Madison Kennedy had 21 good serve receptions, 14...
Central hosted a cross country meet Oct. 12, 2022, against Westmont Hilltop and one runner from Grier School. Seniors from all schools were recognized including Central’s Maia Jeffries, Tyler Biesinger and Hunter Myers Female race results – Unscored 1) Edie Manfred (G) 19:39 2) Lanee Berkhimer (C) 19:40 3) Maia Jeffries (C) 24:21 4) Ava Hindman (WH) 27:06 Male race results: Westmont Hilltop- 21; Central 34 – WH win 1) Derek George (WH) 18:44 2) Maximus Zitnay (WH) 18:45 3) Braden Allison (C) 18.45.1 4) Eli McCoy (WH) 18:50 5) Tyler Biesi...
Test results show more than 30 Canada geese sick or dead at Griffin Reservoir, Lackawanna County, were infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Hunters who handle wild birds are advised to take precautions. Bird hunters should: • Harvest only healthy-looking wild birds. • Wear gloves when handling any wild birds. • Wash hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer immediately after handling wild birds. • Dress harvested wild birds in the field. • Change clothing, including footwear, before coming in contact with a...
Central's Nick Baum carded a 75 to win the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference Golf Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Summit Golf Course. Baum's 75 edged Bishop Guilfoyle's Nick Helsey by one stroke, who shot a 76 and took second place. Baum's Central Dragon teammate Griffen Snowberger carded a 78 to take fourth place in the event. The field consisted of 45 golfers....
Last fall’s opening day of the autumn turkey season was forecast to be a rainy one. Knowing that, on the Friday before the Saturday opener, I told Bob, my son, that he’d better plan to hunt on his own: I despise hunting in the rain. Bob had been keeping tabs on several flocks of turkeys not far from his home outside of Tyrone. It was not raining at dawn, and he thought he was going to get in a good day of turkey hunting. However, a hard rain began not long after he had gotten a mile into the woods. Despite donning some rain gear, he was soaked...
Plenty of stocked pheasants throughout the fall and winter seasons await bird hunters, according to the Pa. Game Commission. The statewide pheasant season opens Saturday, Oct. 22, and the Game Commission will be stocking about 235,000 pheasants – an increase from about 221,000 in the 2021-22 license year, said Ian Gregg, chief of the Game Commission’s Wildlife Operations Division. The pheasant season runs from Oct. 22-Nov. 25, including Sundays Nov. 13 and Nov. 20; Dec. 12-23, and then Dec. 26-Feb. 27. The limit is two birds daily with six in p...
One might think the Northern Bedford County High School football team wouldn't have a lot to prove after following up last year's District 5 Class 1A championship and PIAA quarterfinal run with an 8-0 start, but you'd be mistaken. The Black Panthers still would like to add an Inter-County Conference title to their list of achievements, something they hope to rectify on Friday. "We haven't won the division championship in I don't know how long. Bellwood usually wins it," Northern Bedford...
High School Football of Note This Week In other Week 9 games … Glendale Vikings (3-5) vs. Claysburg-Kimmel Bulldogs (1-7) Date and time: Friday, 7 p.m. Site: Tiger Stadium, Hollidaysburg Coaches: Glendale – Dave Trexler; Claysburg-Kimmel – Matt Bilchak Last game: Glendale – lost to Northern Bedford, 35-6; Claysburg-Kimmel – lost to Tussey Mountain, 33-14 Last meeting: Glendale, 49-14 (Aug. 27, 2021) Series record: Claysburg-Kimmel, 32-27 (first met in 1962) Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers (3-5) vs. Central Scarlet Dragons (6-2) Date and time: Fri...
One might think the Northern Bedford County High School football team wouldn't have a lot to prove after following up last year's District 5 Class 1A championship and PIAA quarterfinal run with an 8-0 start, but you'd be mistaken. The Black Panthers still would like to add an Inter-County Conference title to their list of achievements, something they hope to rectify on Friday. "We haven't won the division championship in I don't know how long. Bellwood usually wins it," Northern Bedford...
Saturday (Oct. 15) is the opening day of the statewide archery bear season that runs till Nov. 5. The statewide muzzleloader bear season also begins on Saturday and ends on Oct. 22. A special three-day firearm season for junior and senior license holders, active-duty military personnel, and certain disabled persons’ permit holders will be included from Oct. 20 through 22. Late November and early December will usher in the regular firearms season and extended seasons. These lengthy seasons provide, as Game Commission spokesmen like to say, l...
The undefeated Lady Dragon Soccer team faced the Bishop Guilfoyle Lady Marauders and the Penn Cambria Lady Panthers throughout the week. A tight game against the Marauders left the Dragons with a 3-2 victory, while a showing of dominance over the Panthers ended with a 7-2 Dragon victory. Against the Marauders, the first half was scoreless. A penalty kick gave the Marauders a lead in the second half, before Ella Garner scored an unassisted goal at 41:10 to tie the game again. Assisted by Jenna...
Central Cross country hosted a meet with Forest Hills, Chestnut Ridge, Bishop Carrol and Fellowship Christian Academy on Oct. 5 Male Race Results: CR 31 FH 27- FH win CR 26 C 29- CR win C 28 FH 27-FH win 1) Calan Bollman (CR) 17:15 2)Josh Morrison (FH) 18:23 3) Kevin Myers (CR) 18:35 4) Tyler Caron (FH) 18:53 5) Braden Allison (C) 19:24 6) Josiah Carnwath (CR) 19:28 7) Reese Moyer (FCA) 19:56 8) Tyler Biesinger (C) 20:00 9) Jack Smith (FH) 20:04 10) Hunter Myers (C) 21:04 Female Race Results: CR 43 FH 18 - FH win 1) Delaney Dumm (FH) 19:02 2)...
Recently Central High School's junior high, JV, and varsity girls volleyball teams had a charity "PINK" night game vs. Bishop Carroll on Oct. 6 at Central. Shown are the JH and JV/V teams and their coaches. The event raised $1,241, and this donation will be given to the Cove Cause for Cancer to support a local individual or family in need....
The Lady Dragon Tennis team sent two singles players and two doubles teams to compete in the district tournament. Julia Ritchey, who was seeded third in the tournament, defeated a Westmont player in the first round, then won in the quarterfinals against a Bishop Guilfoyle player, but lost a three-set match in the semifinals to the number-two seeded player from Central Cambria. Brooklyn Coppersmith won in the first round against another Bishop Guilfoyle player but lost in the quarterfinals to...
The Dragon soccer team continued through the season with three opponents throughout the week. The Dragons finished with one 4-1 victory at the beginning of the week against the Bishop Guilfoyle Marauders, and two 2-0 losses later in the week against both the Penn Cambria Panthers and the Cambria Heights Highlanders. Against the Marauders, Central’s Ben Brumbaugh gave the Dragons an early lead with an unassisted goal at 6:44 in the first half. The Dragons had given up one goal in the first half for the score to remain tied until halftime but e...
Northern Bedford's Aaron Bowers grinds out some yardage before being brought down by the Claysburg-Kimmel defense in first quarter action. Northern Bedford defeated C-K 44-21....
The Lady Dragon Volleyball team came out from a two-match week with one win and one loss. The Lady Dragons were defeated early in the week in a 3-0 loss to the Richland Lady Rams, but narrowly pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Bishop Carroll Lady Huskies. Throughout all three sets against the Rams, the Dragons remained close to victory, but fell just short at the end of each of the sets, losing 25-22 in the first, then 25-23 in the next two. Alex Klotz had 10 good serve receptions and 12 good digs, while Payton Gregg had 13 good serve...
Though wet and slippery conditions were in play, nothing could stop the Dragons’ offense from scoring in another blowout victory against the Central Cambria Red Devils. Even with a slow first half, the Dragons still came out on top with a 41-10 victory. The opening kickoff left the Red Devils with the ball, where they began their slow trudge towards the endzone with nonstop running plays. With a constant running clock, the Red Devils came just shy of scoring due to the Dragons impenetrable defense but settled for a field goal and a three-point...
In a match against Claysburg-Kimmel on Friday, Oct. 7, Northern Bedford volleyball won 3-0. NB's record is currently at 9-1. C-K's is at 5-4....
Since a 42-28 loss at Penn Cambria left defending PIAA Class 3A semifinalist Central at 1-2, the Scarlet Dragons have reeled off four straight wins and held three of their four opponents under 17 points. “I feel like we’ve improved a lot,” Dragon senior running back-linebacker Kade Rhule said. For Central to keep its winning streak alive, it will have to find a way to slow down Bedford and lightning-fast running back Ethan Weber in a big Laurel Highlands Conference clash at Bison Stadium this week. Kickoff on Friday is scheduled for 7 p.m. for...
Claysburg-Kimmel's Ethan Mauk (right) attempts to tackle Northern Bedford's Aaron Bowers from behind on Thursday, Oct. 6, at Hollidaysburg's Tiger Stadium....
The Lady Dragon Tennis team headed a two-match week with an away match against the Westmont Hilltop Lady Hilltoppers, coming up just short with a 3-2 loss. The second match of the week against the Richland Lady Rams ended with a 4-1 Dragon victory. The Dragons gained their first point of the double match against the Hilltoppers in the second singles match. With the rules of the match dictating only one 10-point set, Ashlyn Renner pulled ahead early to end with a 10-4 victory. The second point for the Dragons came from the doubles team of...
The Central Dragon Boys Soccer team faced the Richland Rams in a home match last week. A long and hard-fought game left the Dragons just short of a win, ending in a two-point deficit with a final score of 3-1. The Dragons score remained at zero throughout the entire first half, though the Dragons’ defense kept the Rams to only one goal scored by Evan Beglin at 31:52. In the second half, the Rams had an unassisted goal by Tyler Sukenik at 51:53. Central’s Alexander Eicher scored an unassisted goal for the Dragons at 62:06 in an attempt to tur...
Claysburg's Elijah Weyant competed against Bellwood on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Sinking Valley Country Club....
A three-game week for the undefeated Lady Dragon Soccer team nearly resulted in the first loss for the team. Early in the week, against the Bedford Lady Bisons, the Dragons barely squeaked out a 2-1 victory. The Dragons utterly destroyed the Richland Lady Rams in the second game of the week, ending with a 10-1 victory for Central. The last game of the week ended with the decimation of the Chestnut Ridge Lady Lions for a 13-1 Dragon victory. Senior captain Ella Garner led the Dragons with both goals against the Bisons. Garner scored the first...
The Central Dragon Football team continued their winning streak this week with a display of dominance over the Bishop McCourt Crushers. A 55-21 victory over the Crushers propelled the Dragons to a 4-2 record. Within minutes of the first quarter, the Dragons' offense took an early lead with a 58-yard touchdown pass to Shalen Yingling. The Dragons' defense gave up an early touchdown to the Crushers shortly after, but a failed kick left the Dragons with a one-point lead at the end of the quarter....
The Lady Dragon Volleyball team faced three tough opponents throughout the week, including the Johnstown Lady Trojans, the Somerset Lady Eagles and the Bedford Lady Bisons. The Dragons were able to find victory against the Trojans with a 3-1 victory. However, the Dragons were swept in a 3-0 loss against the Eagles and lost in a 3-2 match to the Bisons. The Dragon Volleyball team started the week defeating the Trojans through four hard fought sets. The Dragons lost the first set 25-21, but took over in the second set, winning 25-7, then winning...
Claysburg-Kimmel's Ava Dibert, right, goes up to block Chestnut Ridge's Grace Lazor Monday at Claysburg-Kimmel High School. The Lady Bulldogs lost 0-3. This puts the team's record at 4-7....
Like some other outdoor writers, I'm unsure about how to approach writing a column about small-game hunting. Hunting for squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, and Pennsylvania's beleaguered grouse, which was a major outdoor activity for sportsmen when I was young, is only a minor type of hunting for present-day sportsmen, many who are locked in to putting their tags on whitetails. Squirrel season, which began on Sept. 10, has basically been ignored locally. I have not seen even one squirrel hunter on...
This hasn't been the kind of season of which the Claysburg-Kimmel High School football team dreamed. Since opening the year by beating Everett, the Bulldogs have dropped five in a row. "A big part of it is we're a really undersized team where we have a lot of younger players on the line," C-K coach Matt Bilchak said. "We're relying on a lot of splash plays where we get 30 to 40 yards, but then we don't have the follow-up play. Unfortunately, with the teams we're playing, if you can't chunk the...
Between a brutal schedule and a wave of injuries, there hasn’t been a lot to cheer about yet this fall for the Hollidaysburg Area High School football team. The Golden Tigers are 0-5 halfway through the regular season. One thing Coach Homer DeLattre knows he can count on, though, is that senior Ben Sosnowski will give the Tigers a leg up on their opponents. Literally. Sosnowski is a kicking specialist who handles all Hollidaysburg’s placements, kickoffs and punting, and he’s turning in another outstanding campaign. “That’s a huge weapon in...
Richland's Evan Beglin takes a shot on goal and scores on Central goalie Connor Biddle Monday. Central fell to Richland 3-1. The Dragon's record is now 2-6....
\As the Lady Dragons continued through their season, they came to a roadblock last week when traveling to face the Bishop Guilfoyle Lady Marauders. The Dragons faced defeat in just three sets, losing in the first 25-13. Nearly making a comeback, however, in the second and third sets, but still losing both, 25-17 and 25-18 respectively, the Dragons ended with a 3-0 loss. Alex Klotz had 21 good serve receptions and 16 good digs throughout the match for the Dragons. Maya Hazenstab had 14 good...
Saturday (Oct. 1) ushers in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated seasons on many sportsmen's calendars. It is the opening of the seven-week archery deer season. Archers have been preparing for the big day for months. Some have built "food plots" where they hope deer will present themselves for close shots. Others have repaired old permanent deer stands, while others have moved portable stands to locations where they expect deer to travel. Having tried archery deer hunting for only one...
